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TODAY'S TV

November 09, 1993|By David Bianculli | David Bianculli,Contributing Writer

Tonight's TV is surprisingly and refreshingly busy, so let's get right to it.

* "Victim of Love: The Shannon Mohr Story" (8-10 p.m., WMAR, Channel 2) -- As a television docudrama inspired by stories previously presented on "reality shows," this "Unsolved Mysteries Movie" is much better than the Charles Stuart case from "Rescue 911," though not nearly so potent as the John List case from "America's Most Wanted." NBC.

* "What's Ailing Medicine" (11 p.m.-midnight, WMPT, Channels 22 and 67, WETA, Channel 26) -- And this documentary, with Walter Cronkite as host, presents individual cases of people with health and health-insurance problems, then takes those problems to Hillary Rodham Clinton to ask the first lady how her health-care reforms might affect each case study. PBS.

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* "From Broadway" (8-9:30 p.m., WWOR) -- Another straight-from-Broadway local TV production, this one keyed to the remake of the musical "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat."

* "With the President (1961-1963)" (9-9:35 p.m., DIS) -- John F. Kennedy's White House and personal photographer, Cecil Stoughton, displays and reflects upon his gallery of presidential photos -- some famous, some rare.